I'm kind of agnostic on this issue (of Jesus as a once existing real person, though one without any miraculous powers), but I lean toward there being no single individual -- that the Jesus stories, even the ones in the Gospels, are more likely amalgams of many traditions. I feel the same might be true for some other religious figures.
Regards,
Dan
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